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Give two ways in which the colonial land policies undermined African farming.

Give two ways in which the colonial land policies undermined African farming.

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joyce
(i). The policies led to the loss of African land therefore they could not effectively carry out
farming.
(ii). Africans were restricted to reserves which were overcrowded and infertile therefore African
farming was poor.
(iii). Africans could not own land but could only rent which made them depend on a white settlers
as squatters.
(iv). Africans had small pieces of land which made them unable to plant cash crops.
(v). Land polices restricted the movement of pastoral communities in search of good pastures.
joyce2 answered the question on November 4, 2017 at 10:00

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